Thomas's Story.
Enlisted Macclesfield. Son of Robert Salmon and Mary Ellen Lewis of 70, Beam Street, Nantwich. A former tailor at C. Doody & Son of Longford Works, Crewe. Landed at “C” Beach, Suvla Bay on August 8/9, 1915. Private Lewis was killed by a sniper at 9.00pm, whilst acting as a sentry for a digging party, who were making a communication trench between the firing line and support trenches. On the day his brother received notification of Thomas’s death, he had also received a letter from his brother which said: ‘Just a line to let you know I am all right and in the best of spirits. We are having a very rough time up here - only about half of us left now.....Will write a letter when I can get some envelopes.’
Updated by Mark A. Potts on June 8, 2017.